The following digitized content includes materials that document Congressman Moakley's early life, his World War II service, his work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and the U.S. Congress.
For a full list of the collection, including non-digitized items, consult the Moakley Papers Collection Guide.
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Draft of the staff report regarding the El Salvador trip, 8-10 January 1990
Washington Office on Latin America
Editorials regarding the confessions of U.S. Major Eric Buckland, U.S. aid and the war in El Salvador, and the FENASTRAS labor federation offices bombing case one year later.
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Draft of the staff report regarding the Speaker's' Task Force trip to El Salvador trip, 8-10 January 1990
Washington Office on Latin America
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Letter to Mr. Kimmitt from an unidentified sender responding to a request for access to documents needed to carry out the work of the Special Task Force on El Salvador, circa 1990
Washington Office on Latin America
Editorials regarding charges of terrorism, conspiracy, and acts preparatory to terrorism to direct authors of Jesuit murders, new FMLN (Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional) offensive, negotiations between El Salvador government and FMLN, and human rights and the escalation of war in El Salvador.
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Transcript of interview with Lucia Barrera de Cerna and Jorge Cerna at the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the Jesuit priest murders, 19 December 1989
Lucia Barrera de Cerna and Jorge de Cerna
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Letters from Congressman Dante B. Fascell to Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, FBI Director William S. Sessions, Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and CIA Director William H. Webster regarding a congressional task force to investigate the Jesuit murders in El Salvador, 19 December 1989
Dante B. Fascell
The letter requests that each of the federal agencies share information related to the murder of six Jesuit priests and two civilians at the University of Central America with members of the task force.
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Report on the investigation of the Jesuit murders from La Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador, 28 November 1989
La Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado
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Report of the Office of Legal Protection of the Archbishopric of San Salvador on the investigations into the Jesuit murders, 13 December 1989
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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Report of the Office of Legal Protection of the Archbishopric of San Salvador on the investigations into the Jesuit murders, including autopsy reports, 15 December 1989
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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Letter to John Joseph Moakley from Matthew F. McHugh, 19 December 1989
Matthew F. McHugh
Includes attached list of recommended questions that could be used in the letters to the Administration and the Government of El Salvador regarding the Jesuit murder investigation.
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Dear Colleague letter from Congressman John Joseph Moakley asking for support of the Moakley-DeConcini Bill (H.R. 45).
John Joseph Moakley
The legislation, introduced by Congressmen John Joseph Moakley and Dennis DeConcini, recommended a temporary stay of detention and deportation for Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees pending a GAO review of conditions in those countries.
